Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Texas
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin
Austin, TX · ~107 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin: 5.8 TCR = 263% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin safety composite
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin: 2.2 → 9.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2024
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin's TCR rose 7.2 from 2.2 in 2023 to 9.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 263% of ind
- DART 9.4 DART
- RANK #18/26
- PHOTO Prime Packing
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~107 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Prime Packing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin
5.8 TCR
- Prime Packing
Prime Packing
5.8 TCR
- Superior Sales
Superior Sales, Inc.
5.8 TCR
- Royal Food Ser
Royal Food Service
5.8 TCR
- Get Fresh Prod
Get Fresh Produce - Whitestown
5.7 TCR
What this shows Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin averages 5.8 TCR (263% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin TCR series: 2023=2.2 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin falls in its industry
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 26 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b employers in Texas.
Hardie's Fresh Foods Austin has more employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · TX · Austin
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Prime Packing | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Sales, Inc. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Royal Food Service | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Get Fresh Produce - Whitestown | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dallas Headquarters | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. - Permian Infrastructure Group | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R3 Petroleum Contractors | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TX Woodlands Timberloch | 107 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ensign Services | 11,325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas | 8,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin | 6,911 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST | 5,272 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Winfield | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6120 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Agri Supply of Lumberton | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Serv-Rite Meat Company, Inc. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Farmington ISD #192-Robert Boeckman Middle School | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rialto | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dystar Hilton Davis | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Food Stores 6473 | 107 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.